I Love You More

Chapter 5

"Can I come over and talk to you?" Gemma asked through the phone. I was currently checking out at the market.

"Um, yeah when are you going to be at my house?" I asked, swiping my card.

"Like five minutes," she replied, I took my groceries and mouthed a 'thank you' to the checker, then walked to my car.

"Oh, I'm actually out, but I'm on my way home. So you might get there before I do..." I explained, loading my car with groceries.

"Thats ok, I'll just wait in my car for you! See ya soon!" and she hung up. Oh Gemma.

I tried to drive home as fast as I could in the high traffic. It ended up taking about 15 minutes to get home. As I pulled in the driveway, I didn't see any car parked there. Bringing my groceries, I unlocked the front door and was greeted by Gemma sitting in my living room.

"Hi Gemma," I said, setting the groceries down on the counter.

"Brooke!" she replied, getting off the couch and coming over to give me a hug.

"How'd you get in here and where's your car?" I asked.

"Niall let me in, and I took a taxi," she explained. I thought she was going to wait for me in her car? Oh well.

"Where is Niall?" I started putting the food away.

"He said he had to go somewhere and pick something up?" she stated more as a question as if I would have the answer.

"Oh," I continued putting groceries away, "Are you thirsty or anything?"

"No, I'm good, but thank you," she replied.

After I was done putting the food away, I got a Dr. Pepper out, "So what did you need to talk about?"

"Right, well I got a job here in London and I don't have a place to stay right now. I'm looking for a flat but the market isn't the best right now. I know its a lot to ask of you and I understand if you say no-"

"Gemma, you can stay with me!" I cut her off.

"Really? Brooke, you're a life saver!" she exclaimed. "If you said no, I would have had to ask Harry..."

"Yeah, don't stay with them," I advised from my own experience. "You can stay in the guest room, its kind of a mess right now but I'll clean it later for you."

"Brooke, you don't have to clean up, letting me stay with you is enough!" Gemma replied.

"No, its no big deal. I was going to clean it out one of these days anyways," I said, peeling a banana and eating it. "So, Sam came here a few days."

"Yeah, he said he was going to be coming to London, but he never said why."

"He was here visiting a friend, but thats all that I know of. But Niall got all pissed off when he came over to say hi, then I went out to get lunch with him a few days ago and Niall blew up on me when he found out I was out with him all day."

"Did you guys talk about any of it?" Gemma pondered.

"Sorta, but I don't know, we've been fighting a lot lately," I confessed.

"Personally, if you guys are fighting a lot, I think you need to talk to him and figure things out," she suggested. I couldn't agree more, but I can't be like 'Oh hey Niall, lets talk about why we've been fighting so much'

"Yeah, but its over small things. And we always end up making up later that night, so its not like we go to bed without talking about it, you know?" I explained.

"Yeah I understand, but I still think you two should talk," as Gemma finished her sentence, the door opened and Niall appeared in the kitchen.

"Hey babe," he kissed my head. "Hi Gemma, what are you doing here again?"